Résumé
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Proudhon and God: this confrontation will astonish, maybe even shock, those whose only knowledge of the least-known of the great 19th century socialists is his famous remark 'Property is theft'. Strangely enough, his other famous paradoxical quip, 'God is evil' is less often quoted. Yet the two quotations are closely linked, by the desire to purge human relations of absolutist poison. Such is the aim of this book in which the author presents the metaphysical background of Proudhon's work. Born into a family whose poverty left little room for devotion, the young Pierre Joseph Proudhon was a Catholic, like most of his contemporaries, until the age of fifteen. If he then 'lost faith', scandalised by the indifference of the Catholic hierarchy to the living conditions of the poor, he did not give up all interest in religion. On the contrary, we see him submit to the influence of a traditionalist current, and that of a young woman, who seems to have been his only love, imagining himself as an apologist of a Christianity purged of its political compromises a robust reformer of the social order. But that's only the superficial appearance. On the inside, we can observe that even after vehemently proclaiming the negation of any Supreme Being that would limit the liberty of his creation, Proudhon never ceased to ask himself questions about the existence of God, His nature and especially His role in the great concert of history. He who, in advance of Nietzsche and in many ways heralding him, proclaimed himself to be the denigrator of God, also dreamed of God's presence behind a door that seemed to be slightly ajar... At that moment, he cried out, 'Who's there?' with anguish that was perhaps mingled with hope.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Bernard Voyenne |
Collection | Histoire |
Parution | 02/09/2004 |
Format | 14.5 x 23.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 268g |
EAN13 | 9782204074599 |
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